--- title: 2 Chronicles 13:9 (JPS 1917) — Have ye not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, a… · tree and pragmatics description: Have ye not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the peoples of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same becometh a priest of them that are no gods. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ye, whosoever, same, priest), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:2CH:283 # text = Have ye not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the peoples of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same becometh a priest of them that are no gods. 1 Have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 after after ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 consecrate consecrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 rams ram NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 nsubj _ _ 53 becometh become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 xcomp _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nmod _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 59 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 61 det _ _ 61 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 acl:relcl _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: narrator - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=disagree, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **drive out** | present · perfect | ye | the priests of the LORD and the sons of Aaron and the Levites | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme priest=Trajectory | | 2 | **make** | present · perfect | ye *not said here* | priests | you | | after the manner of the peoples of other lands | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary priest=Product | | 3 | **come** | present | whosoever | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **consecrate** | to-infinitive | whosoever *not said here* | LORD | | | | with a young bullock and seven rams | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **become** | present | the same | a priest of sons | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | present | a priest of sons | no gods | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} הֲלֹ֤א הִדַּחְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כֹּהֲנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַתַּעֲשׂ֨וּ לָכֶ֤ם כֹּהֲנִים֙ כְּעַמֵּ֣י הָאֲרָצ֔וֹת כָּל־הַבָּ֗א לְמַלֵּ֨א יָד֜וֹ בְּפַ֤ר בֶּן־בָּקָר֙ וְאֵילִ֣ם שִׁבְעָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה כֹהֵ֖ן לְלֹ֥א אֱלֹהִֽים׃ס [2 Chronicles 13:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:283` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Chronicles 13:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.282/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 13:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.284/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 13:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.9/)